Modern morals

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A work colleague has been treated unfairly, having been denied a pay rise after a year of hard work. She is on a much lower salary than the rest of us and decided to resign. Another colleague and I decided to place a bet on whether she would or would not resign the next day. Is it morally wrong to place such bets?

My hunch is that it would certainly seem to be immoral to make money from another’s misfortunes by betting on whether a shoddily treated colleague will have the guts to resign.